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The excessive courtroom order which gave a clear chit to Akali dal leaders triggered a political slugfest within the state.
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The Punjab authorities on Friday introduced the establishing of a brand new Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident. The resolution comes weeks after Punjab and Haryana excessive courtroom quashed an earlier inquiry ordered by the Capt Amarinder Singh authorities. The excessive courtroom order, which gave a clear chit to Akali dal leaders, triggered a political slugfest within the state.
The contemporary SIT comprising of ADGP/Vigilance Bureau L.Okay. Yadav, Commissioner of Police Ludhiana Rakesh Agarwal and DIG Faridkot Range Surjit Singh. As per courtroom orders, the committee will likely be required to submit the report inside six months, and official spokesman mentioned.
As per the orders issued by the Home Department, the SIT would guarantee meticulous compliance of the instructions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, stipulating that there could be no interference from any quarter, inside or exterior, within the investigations.
The order explicitly states that the SIT shall work collectively, and all its members would put their signatures on all of the proceedings of the investigation and the ultimate report. The SIT members would even be cited as witnesses within the checklist because the investigating officers, the order states.
It additional learn that the SIT wouldn’t report back to any state government or police authority relating to the investigations and would report solely to the involved Justice of the Peace in keeping with the regulation. Furthermore, the members of SIT have been additionally directed not leak any a part of the investigation and chorus from interacting with media relating to the varied points of the investigations.
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